by Ciarán Lynch | Jul 26, 2023 | Materials writing, MaWSIG
In this post, Lena Hertzel summarises her presentation at the MaWSIG showcase during the IATEFL conference in Harrogate in April. In her talk, Lena focused on the problematic representations of Africa in ELT coursebooks, and offered guidelines for materials writers to...
by Web Editor | May 25, 2023 | Materials writing, MaWSIG Showcase
In this post, Peter J Fullagar (he/him) writes about the workshop he led at the 56th IATEFL Conference in Harrogate (2023) as part of the MaWSIG Showcase day. I am one of the growing number of open LGBTQIA+ ELT professionals making noises about representation in...
by Sandy Millin | Oct 26, 2021 | Materials writing, MaWSIG, PCE
The second session of the day was a practical presentation by John Hughes on why we write gap-fill exercises, how we can write them more effectively, and how we can make them more interesting. Here’s a brief summary of John’s presentation with links at the end to...
by Web Editor | May 24, 2021 | #meetmawsig, Materials writing
Katherine Bilsborough and Ceri Jones report back on one of the areas that provoked discussion in their webinar, Re-inventing the Green Wheel, which they presented as part of the Meet MaWSIG webinar series. On 15 January 2021, we led a webinar on the topic of writing...
by Web Editor | May 27, 2020 | Materials writing
As part of the recent IATEFL Global Get-together held on 18–19 April, five SIGs came together to discuss the issue of inclusion in materials writing. The five SIGs were IPSEN SIG, represented by Dr Anne Margaret Smith, YLT SIG, represented by David Valente (also...